Cherry black tomato

Gardeners are especially fond of baby tomatoes from the cherry group. The first tomatoes had a standard red color, but breeders put a lot of effort into making them even more decorative. Now on the table you can see a whole collection of multi-colored crumbs, and even different shapes - from the classic round to pear-shaped and elongated. Black cherry is an indeterminate greenhouse variety whose purple fruit is eaten fresh and for whole-fruit preservation.

The variety was bred by the breeders of the company LLC Selection and seed-growing company "TOMAGROS" E. N. Andreeva, S. L. Nazina, M. I. Ushakova, A. N. Andreeva. Year of approval for use 2008.

Tall bushes reach two meters in height and are covered with dark green leaves. Tomato flowers form intermediate inflorescences and a large number of ovaries - from top to bottom, the plant is covered with long clusters of purple-brown or dark purple small fruits. The plant has both advantages and disadvantages.

The increased amount of anthocyanins not only explains the unusual color of the fruit, but makes them more useful than the classic reds. The component is obtained without the intervention of genetic engineering, naturally from wild ancestors.

Unripe, rounded small tomatoes are colored green with darkening at the stalk. At the time of technical ripeness, they change their color to purple-brown. The mass of a ripe tomato is 18 grams.

Juicy brown flesh of Black cherry has a sweet sweet taste and is covered with a dense, but thin, smooth skin, 2-3 seed nests contain a small amount of seeds.

Mid-season tomato - ripening period 112 days, extended harvest time, from July to September.

The variety is noted as very productive, up to 3.5 kilograms of fruit are harvested from a square meter, which is quite a lot for 18-gram babies.

Tomatoes are grown in seedlings, the timing of sowing seeds is late March - early April. Ready seedlings are planted in a permanent place in the greenhouse at the end of April - mid-May, depending on the region.

When preparing the ridges, they adhere to the 40x60 cm scheme.

The variety is distinguished by good germination and strong plants. When growing it, it is necessary to form a bush in 1-2 trunks, tie the stems and pinch. Such measures increase the quality of fruiting, reduce the number of shoots, and provide a healthier microclimate in greenhouses. Too large a volume of green mass leads to an increase in the level of humidity, and this, in turn, threatens the appearance of late blight.

For planting, the soil is prepared in advance, paying special attention to air permeability and soil fertility. Tomatoes love soils with neutral acidity levels. When preparing the holes, the excavated soil is enriched with organic matter and mineral fertilizers, wood ash and calcium nitrate. If permanent trellises are not installed in the greenhouse, then stakes are fixed in each hole as a future support for tall plants. After planting the seedlings, the soil around the stem is compacted, well spilled with settled water at room temperature. The next day, the trunk circle is loosened to provide oxygen access.

All subsequent care for tomatoes consists in regular watering, weeding, feeding, loosening, preventive treatments for diseases and pests. The formation of a bush consists not only in pinching, but also in pinching the growth point. This technique allows you to redirect the forces of the plant to the ripening of already set fruits, otherwise the black cherry will continue to grow in length, form inflorescences, and form ovaries. In hot regions, with a long summer season, this approach can justify itself, because the tomato has enough time to pour all the fruits. In colder areas, however, growth has to be limited.

They begin to apply top dressing from about the third week after planting the seedlings - powerful plants quickly absorb nutrients from the soil. During the period of growing vegetative mass, tomatoes need nitrogen, during budding and after, they need potassium-phosphorus fertilizers. In addition, during the entire period of ovary formation, fruit pouring, tomatoes are fed with a seasoned mullein solution, fermented nettle infusions with the addition of grain residues, weeded weeds. The infusion is prepared in a tightly closed container until a distinct aroma of the fermented mass appears. Watered at the root - 0.5 liters of infusion in a bucket of water.

Despite its strong immunity, the variety is vulnerable under adverse conditions to viral infection, fungal diseases and pests. To avoid top rot, add one tablespoon of wood ash and calcium nitrate to the ground. Regular ventilation and control over the level of humidity saves from late blight. The scourge of greenhouses is the whitefly and aphids, while the spider mite rages in open spaces. For plantings, mandatory monitoring and preventive treatments with insecticides and fungicides are required.

The black cherry is grown in greenhouses, but in the southern regions, gardeners cultivate the variety on open soils. In protected conditions, tomatoes are planted in almost all districts, except for the Arctic. These are the Northern, North-Western, Central, Volgo-Vyatka, Central Black Earth, North Caucasian, Middle Volga regions.